2010 creating videocast lectures for online courses
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Creating Videocast Lectures for Online
CoursesRob Kadel
Pearson eCollege
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How to engage Students?
• Some common complaints from students in online courses
There’s so much to read – I don’t know what’s most importantI never get to meet the professor. Or, What does my professor look like?I need a better explanation than the book providesThe instructor never communicates with us
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Why Videocast?
• Video podcasts (videocasts) are becoming more popular and easy to use
• Alleviate students’ feeling of disconnect in online courses
• Instructors have an opportunity to engage students
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Tips for Effective Videocasts
• Limit length — provide highlights, topics you want to be sure students read, a “teaser” for a discussion forum
Try to limit to 8 - 10 minutes
• Find a stationary, well-lit location
• Have notes available
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Getting Started
• Have a place to post video
YouTube (public or EDU)Adobe Connect
• Have a tool to capture video
iMovie (Mac OS X)Windows Movie Maker (XP and later)Adobe Connect and YouTube can capture directly
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Tools for Video Capture and Editing• Apple iMovie
Part of iLife (’09)Low cost; free on new Mac purchases from AppleAdvanced editing tools similar to Final CutEase of use and automated tasks
• Windows Movie MakerFree with Windows XP and VistaInterface is a little more difficult to work with than iMovieFewer automated tasks than iMovie (finishing video, sharing via Web)
• Windows Live Movie Maker
Free with Windows Vista and 7
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Our Next Steps
• Let’s create and embed a short movie in iMovie (about 30 minutes)
We’ll upload it to YouTubeWe’ll then embed it in a Pearson LearningStudio (eCollege) course
• We’ll have a Q&A session at the end (15 minutes)
If you have a quick question for clarification during my presentation, please ask
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